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Searchable Dictionary

// //src\com\example\android\searchabledict\DictionaryDatabase.java /* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.example.android.searchabledict; import android.app.SearchManager; import android.content.ContentValues; import android.content.Context; import android.content.res.Resources; import android.database.Cursor; import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase; import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper; import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQueryBuilder; import android.provider.BaseColumns; import android.text.TextUtils; import android.util.Log; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.util.HashMap; /** * Contains logic to return specific words from the dictionary, and * load the dictionary table when it needs to be created. */ public class DictionaryDatabase { private static final String TAG = "DictionaryDatabase"; //The columns we'll include in the dictionary table public static final String KEY_WORD = SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_TEXT_1; public static final String KEY_DEFINITION = SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_TEXT_2; private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "dictionary"; private static final String FTS_VIRTUAL_TABLE = "FTSdictionary"; private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 2; private final DictionaryOpenHelper mDatabaseOpenHelper; private static final HashMap<String,String> mColumnMap = buildColumnMap(); /** * Constructor * @param context The Context within which to work, used to create the DB */ public DictionaryDatabase(Context context) { mDatabaseOpenHelper = new DictionaryOpenHelper(context); } /** * Builds a map for all columns that may be requested, which will be given to the * SQLiteQueryBuilder. This is a good way to define aliases for column names, but must include * all columns, even if the value is the key. This allows the ContentProvider to request * columns w/o the need to know real column names and create the alias itself. */ private static HashMap<String,String> buildColumnMap() { HashMap<String,String> map = new HashMap<String,String>(); map.put(KEY_WORD, KEY_WORD); map.put(KEY_DEFINITION, KEY_DEFINITION); map.put(BaseColumns._ID, "rowid AS " + BaseColumns._ID); map.put(SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_INTENT_DATA_ID, "rowid AS " + SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_INTENT_DATA_ID); map.put(SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_SHORTCUT_ID, "rowid AS " + SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_SHORTCUT_ID); return map; } /** * Returns a Cursor positioned at the word specified by rowId * * @param rowId id of word to retrieve * @param columns The columns to include, if null then all are included * @return Cursor positioned to matching word, or null if not found. */ public Cursor getWord(String rowId, String[] columns) { String selection = "rowid = ?"; String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {rowId}; return query(selection, selectionArgs, columns); /* This builds a query that looks like: * SELECT <columns> FROM <table> WHERE rowid = <rowId> */ } /** * Returns a Cursor over all words that match the given query * * @param query The string to search for * @param columns The columns to include, if null then all are included * @return Cursor over all words that match, or null if none found. */ public Cursor getWordMatches(String query, String[] columns) { String selection = KEY_WORD + " MATCH ?"; String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {query+"*"}; return query(selection, selectionArgs, columns); /* This builds a query that looks like: * SELECT <columns> FROM <table> WHERE <KEY_WORD> MATCH 'query*' * which is an FTS3 search for the query text (plus a wildcard) inside the word column. * * - "rowid" is the unique id for all rows but we need this value for the "_id" column in * order for the Adapters to work, so the columns need to make "_id" an alias for "rowid" * - "rowid" also needs to be used by the SUGGEST_COLUMN_INTENT_DATA alias in order * for suggestions to carry the proper intent data. * These aliases are defined in the DictionaryProvider when queries are made. * - This can be revised to also search the definition text with FTS3 by changing * the selection clause to use FTS_VIRTUAL_TABLE instead of KEY_WORD (to search across * the entire table, but sorting the relevance could be difficult. */ } /** * Performs a database query. * @param selection The selection clause * @param selectionArgs Selection arguments for "?" components in the selection * @param columns The columns to return * @return A Cursor over all rows matching the query */ private Cursor query(String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String[] columns) { /* The SQLiteBuilder provides a map for all possible columns requested to * actual columns in the database, creating a simple column alias mechanism * by which the ContentProvider does not need to know the real column names */ SQLiteQueryBuilder builder = new SQLiteQueryBuilder(); builder.setTables(FTS_VIRTUAL_TABLE); builder.setProjectionMap(mColumnMap); Cursor cursor = builder.query(mDatabaseOpenHelper.getReadableDatabase(), columns, selection, selectionArgs, null, null, null); if (cursor == null) { return null; } else if (!cursor.moveToFirst()) { cursor.close(); return null; } return cursor; } /** * This creates/opens the database. */ private static class DictionaryOpenHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper { private final Context mHelperContext; private SQLiteDatabase mDatabase; /* Note that FTS3 does not support column constraints and thus, you cannot * declare a primary key. However, "rowid" is automatically used as a unique * identifier, so when making requests, we will use "_id" as an alias for "rowid" */ private static final String FTS_TABLE_CREATE = "CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE " + FTS_VIRTUAL_TABLE + " USING fts3 (" + KEY_WORD + ", " + KEY_DEFINITION + ");"; DictionaryOpenHelper(Context context) { super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION); mHelperContext = context; } @Override public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) { mDatabase = db; mDatabase.execSQL(FTS_TABLE_CREATE); loadDictionary(); } /** * Starts a thread to load the database table with words */ private void loadDictionary() { new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { try { loadWords(); } catch (IOException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }).start(); } private void loadWords() throws IOException { Log.d(TAG, "Loading words..."); final Resources resources = mHelperContext.getResources(); InputStream inputStream = resources.openRawResource(R.raw.definitions); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)); try { String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { String[] strings = TextUtils.split(line, "-"); if (strings.length < 2) continue; long id = addWord(strings[0].trim(), strings[1].trim()); if (id < 0) { Log.e(TAG, "unable to add word: " + strings[0].trim()); } } } finally { reader.close(); } Log.d(TAG, "DONE loading words."); } /** * Add a word to the dictionary. * @return rowId or -1 if failed */ public long addWord(String word, String definition) { ContentValues initialValues = new ContentValues(); initialValues.put(KEY_WORD, word); initialValues.put(KEY_DEFINITION, definition); return mDatabase.insert(FTS_VIRTUAL_TABLE, null, initialValues); } @Override public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) { Log.w(TAG, "Upgrading database from version " + oldVersion + " to " + newVersion + ", which will destroy all old data"); db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + FTS_VIRTUAL_TABLE); onCreate(db); } } } //src\com\example\android\searchabledict\DictionaryProvider.java /* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.example.android.searchabledict; import android.app.SearchManager; import android.content.ContentProvider; import android.content.ContentResolver; import android.content.ContentValues; import android.content.UriMatcher; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.provider.BaseColumns; /** * Provides access to the dictionary database. */ public class DictionaryProvider extends ContentProvider { String TAG = "DictionaryProvider"; public static String AUTHORITY = "com.example.android.searchabledict.DictionaryProvider"; public static final Uri CONTENT_URI = Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY + "/dictionary"); // MIME types used for searching words or looking up a single definition public static final String WORDS_MIME_TYPE = ContentResolver.CURSOR_DIR_BASE_TYPE + "/vnd.example.android.searchabledict"; public static final String DEFINITION_MIME_TYPE = ContentResolver.CURSOR_ITEM_BASE_TYPE + "/vnd.example.android.searchabledict"; private DictionaryDatabase mDictionary; // UriMatcher stuff private static final int SEARCH_WORDS = 0; private static final int GET_WORD = 1; private static final int SEARCH_SUGGEST = 2; private static final int REFRESH_SHORTCUT = 3; private static final UriMatcher sURIMatcher = buildUriMatcher(); /** * Builds up a UriMatcher for search suggestion and shortcut refresh queries. */ private static UriMatcher buildUriMatcher() { UriMatcher matcher = new UriMatcher(UriMatcher.NO_MATCH); // to get definitions... matcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, "dictionary", SEARCH_WORDS); matcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, "dictionary/#", GET_WORD); // to get suggestions... matcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, SearchManager.SUGGEST_URI_PATH_QUERY, SEARCH_SUGGEST); matcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, SearchManager.SUGGEST_URI_PATH_QUERY + "/*", SEARCH_SUGGEST); /* The following are unused in this implementation, but if we include * {@link SearchManager#SUGGEST_COLUMN_SHORTCUT_ID} as a column in our suggestions table, we * could expect to receive refresh queries when a shortcutted suggestion is displayed in * Quick Search Box, in which case, the following Uris would be provided and we * would return a cursor with a single item representing the refreshed suggestion data. */ matcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, SearchManager.SUGGEST_URI_PATH_SHORTCUT, REFRESH_SHORTCUT); matcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, SearchManager.SUGGEST_URI_PATH_SHORTCUT + "/*", REFRESH_SHORTCUT); return matcher; } @Override public boolean onCreate() { mDictionary = new DictionaryDatabase(getContext()); return true; } /** * Handles all the dictionary searches and suggestion queries from the Search Manager. * When requesting a specific word, the uri alone is required. * When searching all of the dictionary for matches, the selectionArgs argument must carry * the search query as the first element. * All other arguments are ignored. */ @Override public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder) { // Use the UriMatcher to see what kind of query we have and format the db query accordingly switch (sURIMatcher.match(uri)) { case SEARCH_SUGGEST: if (selectionArgs == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "selectionArgs must be provided for the Uri: " + uri); } return getSuggestions(selectionArgs[0]); case SEARCH_WORDS: if (selectionArgs == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "selectionArgs must be provided for the Uri: " + uri); } return search(selectionArgs[0]); case GET_WORD: return getWord(uri); case REFRESH_SHORTCUT: return refreshShortcut(uri); default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown Uri: " + uri); } } private Cursor getSuggestions(String query) { query = query.toLowerCase(); String[] columns = new String[] { BaseColumns._ID, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_WORD, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_DEFINITION, /* SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_SHORTCUT_ID, (only if you want to refresh shortcuts) */ SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_INTENT_DATA_ID}; return mDictionary.getWordMatches(query, columns); } private Cursor search(String query) { query = query.toLowerCase(); String[] columns = new String[] { BaseColumns._ID, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_WORD, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_DEFINITION}; return mDictionary.getWordMatches(query, columns); } private Cursor getWord(Uri uri) { String rowId = uri.getLastPathSegment(); String[] columns = new String[] { DictionaryDatabase.KEY_WORD, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_DEFINITION}; return mDictionary.getWord(rowId, columns); } private Cursor refreshShortcut(Uri uri) { /* This won't be called with the current implementation, but if we include * {@link SearchManager#SUGGEST_COLUMN_SHORTCUT_ID} as a column in our suggestions table, we * could expect to receive refresh queries when a shortcutted suggestion is displayed in * Quick Search Box. In which case, this method will query the table for the specific * word, using the given item Uri and provide all the columns originally provided with the * suggestion query. */ String rowId = uri.getLastPathSegment(); String[] columns = new String[] { BaseColumns._ID, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_WORD, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_DEFINITION, SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_SHORTCUT_ID, SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_INTENT_DATA_ID}; return mDictionary.getWord(rowId, columns); } /** * This method is required in order to query the supported types. * It's also useful in our own query() method to determine the type of Uri received. */ @Override public String getType(Uri uri) { switch (sURIMatcher.match(uri)) { case SEARCH_WORDS: return WORDS_MIME_TYPE; case GET_WORD: return DEFINITION_MIME_TYPE; case SEARCH_SUGGEST: return SearchManager.SUGGEST_MIME_TYPE; case REFRESH_SHORTCUT: return SearchManager.SHORTCUT_MIME_TYPE; default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown URL " + uri); } } // Other required implementations... @Override public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); } @Override public int delete(Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); } @Override public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); } } //src\com\example\android\searchabledict\SearchableDictionary.java /* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.example.android.searchabledict; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.ActionBar; import android.app.SearchManager; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuInflater; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.widget.AdapterView; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.SearchView; import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener; /** * The main activity for the dictionary. * Displays search results triggered by the search dialog and handles * actions from search suggestions. */ public class SearchableDictionary extends Activity { private TextView mTextView; private ListView mListView; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text); mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list); handleIntent(getIntent()); } @Override protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) { // Because this activity has set launchMode="singleTop", the system calls this method // to deliver the intent if this actvity is currently the foreground activity when // invoked again (when the user executes a search from this activity, we don't create // a new instance of this activity, so the system delivers the search intent here) handleIntent(intent); } private void handleIntent(Intent intent) { if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(intent.getAction())) { // handles a click on a search suggestion; launches activity to show word Intent wordIntent = new Intent(this, WordActivity.class); wordIntent.setData(intent.getData()); startActivity(wordIntent); finish(); } else if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) { // handles a search query String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY); showResults(query); } } /** * Searches the dictionary and displays results for the given query. * @param query The search query */ private void showResults(String query) { Cursor cursor = managedQuery(DictionaryProvider.CONTENT_URI, null, null, new String[] {query}, null); if (cursor == null) { // There are no results mTextView.setText(getString(R.string.no_results, new Object[] {query})); } else { // Display the number of results int count = cursor.getCount(); String countString = getResources().getQuantityString(R.plurals.search_results, count, new Object[] {count, query}); mTextView.setText(countString); // Specify the columns we want to display in the result String[] from = new String[] { DictionaryDatabase.KEY_WORD, DictionaryDatabase.KEY_DEFINITION }; // Specify the corresponding layout elements where we want the columns to go int[] to = new int[] { R.id.word, R.id.definition }; // Create a simple cursor adapter for the definitions and apply them to the ListView SimpleCursorAdapter words = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.result, cursor, from, to); mListView.setAdapter(words); // Define the on-click listener for the list items mListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() { public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) { // Build the Intent used to open WordActivity with a specific word Uri Intent wordIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), WordActivity.class); Uri data = Uri.withAppendedPath(DictionaryProvider.CONTENT_URI, String.valueOf(id)); wordIntent.setData(data); startActivity(wordIntent); } }); } } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu); SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE); SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView(); searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName())); searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); return true; } @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { switch (item.getItemId()) { case R.id.search: onSearchRequested(); return true; default: return false; } } } //src\com\example\android\searchabledict\WordActivity.java /* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.example.android.searchabledict; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.ActionBar; import android.app.SearchManager; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuInflater; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.widget.SearchView; import android.widget.TextView; /** * Displays a word and its definition. */ public class WordActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.word); ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar(); actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); Uri uri = getIntent().getData(); Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, null, null, null, null); if (cursor == null) { finish(); } else { cursor.moveToFirst(); TextView word = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.word); TextView definition = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.definition); int wIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DictionaryDatabase.KEY_WORD); int dIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DictionaryDatabase.KEY_DEFINITION); word.setText(cursor.getString(wIndex)); definition.setText(cursor.getString(dIndex)); } } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu); SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE); SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView(); searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName())); searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); return true; } @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { switch (item.getItemId()) { case R.id.search: onSearchRequested(); return true; case android.R.id.home: Intent intent = new Intent(this, SearchableDictionary.class); intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); startActivity(intent); return true; default: return false; } } } // //res\layout\main.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <TextView android:id="@+id/text" android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary" android:textSize="17dp" android:text="@string/search_instructions" android:background="@android:drawable/title_bar" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> <ListView android:id="@+id/list" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="0dp" android:layout_weight="1" /> </LinearLayout> //res\layout\result.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:padding="5dp"> <TextView android:id="@+id/word" style="@android:style/TextAppearance.Large" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/definition" style="@android:style/TextAppearance.Small" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> </LinearLayout> //res\layout\word.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:padding="5dp"> <TextView android:id="@+id/word" android:textSize="35dp" android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/definition" android:textSize="18dp" android:textColor="?android:textColorSecondary" android:paddingTop="10dp" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> </LinearLayout> // //res\menu\options_menu.xml   <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:id="@+id/search" android:title="@string/menu_search" android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_search" android:showAsAction="ifRoom" android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" /> </menu> // //res\raw\definitions.txt abbey - n. a monastery ruled by an abbot abide - v. dwell; 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(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown august - j. profoundly honored aura - n. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing austere - j. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect authentic - j. not counterfeit or copied authenticity - n. undisputed credibility authoritarian - n. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner autobiography - n. a biography of yourself autonomous - j. existing as an independent entity autonomy - n. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence avid - j. marked by active interest and enthusiasm banal - j. repeated too often; over familiar through overuse barring - n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto bass - n. the lowest adult male singing voice batter - n. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking belle - n. a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals beneficial - j. promoting or enhancing well-being benefit - n. something that aids or promotes well-being benign - j. not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) bid - n. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price biography - n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life biology - n. the science that studies living organisms blaze - n. a strong flame that burns brightly bleak - j. unpleasantly cold and damp bogus - j. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance bolster - v. support and strengthen bomb - n. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions bore - n. a person who evokes boredom botanical - j. of or relating to plants or botany boycott - n. a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies brass - n. an alloy of copper and zinc breach - n. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) broadcast - n. message that is transmitted by radio or television brokerage - n. the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties buffet - n. a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves bumper - n. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage bureau - n. an administrative unit of government bureaucracy - n. non elected government officials butt - v. to strike, thrust or shove against cabinet - n. persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers caliber - n. a degree or grade of excellence or worth campaign - n. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end canon - n. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy cardinal - j. serving as an essential component caricature - n. a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect casual - j. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand catastrophe - n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune caucus - n. a closed political meeting causal - j. involving or constituting a cause; causing censure - n. harsh criticism or disapproval census - n. a periodic count of the population cereal - n. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet ceremonial - j. marked by pomp or ceremony or formality chaos - n. a state of extreme confusion and disorder characteristic - n. a distinguishing quality chronic - j. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering citadel - n. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle cite - v. refer to for illustration or proof clumsy - j. not elegant or graceful in expression coalition - n. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty coherent - j. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts coincidence - n. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time collapse - v. break down, literally or metaphorically colleague - n. an associate that one works with collective - j. set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government collector - n. a person who collects things collision - n. an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object commemorate - v. mark by some ceremony or observation commentary - n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material commission - n. a special group delegated to consider some matter commitment - n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action commodity - n. articles of commerce commute - n. a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work comparable - j. able to be compared or worthy of comparison comparison - n. the act of examining resemblances compassionate - j. showing or having compassion compensate - v. make payment to; compensate competence - n. the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually competent - j. properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient competitive - j. involving competition or competitiveness competitor - n. the contestant you hope to defeat complex - j. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts component - n. an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system composer - n. someone who composes music as a profession comprehensive - j. broad in scope concede - v. admit (to a wrongdoing) conceive - v. have the idea for concession - n. a point conceded or yielded confederate - j. united in a group or league confidence - n. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable confident - j. having or marked by confidence or assurance confront - v. oppose, as in hostility or a competition conscience - n. a feeling of shame when you do something immoral conscious - j. knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts consecutive - j. one after the other consensus - n. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole conservatism - n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes conservative - j. avoiding excess consistency - n. a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts conspicuous - j. obvious to the eye or mind conspiracy - n. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) constituency - n. the body of voters who elect a representative for their area consume - v. use up (resources or materials) consumer - n. a person who uses goods or services consumption - n. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth contemplate - v. look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought contemporary - j. belonging to the present time contender - n. the contestant you hope to defeat contentious - j. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits contingent - j. possible but not certain to occur continuous - j. continuing in time or space without interruption contradiction - n. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas contradictory - j. unable for both to be true at the same time contribution - n. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause contributor - n. someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money convenience - n. the quality of being useful and convenient conversion - n. the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another convertible - j. designed to be changed from one use or form to another conviction - n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence corporate - j. of or belonging to a corporation corps - n. a body of people associated together corruption - n. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity cosmetic - j. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose cosmopolitan - j. of worldwide scope or applicability counsel - n. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action counterpart - n. a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another courageous - j. able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching course - n. a connected series of events or actions or developments courtesy - n. a courteous or respectful or considerate act credible - j. appearing to merit belief or acceptance critique - n. a serious examination and judgment of something crusade - v. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for crush - v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition curator - n. the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) curriculum - n. an integrated course of academic studies cynical - j. believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others cynicism - n. a cynical feeling of distrust daring - n. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger debacle - n. a sudden and violent collapse debut - v. appear for the first time in public decay - n. the organic phenomenon of rotting decency - n. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality decent - j. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous decisive - j. characterized by decision and firmness decree - n. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) dedication - n. complete and wholehearted fidelity default - n. loss due to not showing up defendant - n. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused defensive - j. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing defiance - n. a hostile challenge definite - j. known for certain delicacy - n. something considered choice to eat demise - v. transfer by a lease or by a will demonstrate - v. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment denominator - n. the divisor of a fraction deposition - n. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office depression - n. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment depth - n. the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense derive - v. come from descent - n. properties attributable to your ancestry desert - n. arid land with little or no vegetation designate - v. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) despair - n. a state in which all hope is lost or absent desperate - j. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire detect - v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of deter - v. try to prevent; show opposition to determination - n. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose deterrent - j. tending to deter diagnosis - n. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon dialogue - n. a discussion intended to produce an agreement difference - n. the quality of being unlike or dissimilar dignity - n. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect dilemma - n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options diplomacy - n. subtly skillful handling of a situation diplomat - n. a person who deals tactfully with others diplomatic - j. using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people disagree - v. be of different opinions disappear - v. become invisible or unnoticeable discern - v. detect with the senses discipline - n. a system of rules of conduct or method of practice discomfort - n. the state of being tense and feeling pain discourse - n. extended verbal expression in speech or writing discover - v. see for the first time; make a discovery discriminate - v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race discussion - n. an exchange of views on some topic disdain - n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike dishonest - j. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive dismal - j. causing dejection dismay - v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised dismissal - n. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) disparity - n. inequality or difference in some respect disregard - n. willful lack of care and attention dissent - n. a difference of opinion distant - j. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance distinction - n. a distinguishing difference distress - n. extreme physical pain distrust - v. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in diverse - j. many and different diversion - n. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates diversity - n. noticeable heterogeneity divert - v. turn aside; turn away from document - n. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) doe - n. mature female of mammals of which the male is called 'buck' domain - n. territory over which rule or control is exercised dominance - n. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another dominant - j. exercising influence or control dominate - v. be in control domination - n. social control by dominating donate - v. give to a charity or good cause donor - n. person who makes a gift of property drastic - j. forceful and extreme and rigorous drought - n. a shortage of rainfall dubious - j. open to doubt or suspicion dynamics - n. the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies earnest - j. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions eccentric - n. a person with an unusual or odd personality eclectic - j. selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas editorial - n. an article giving opinions or perspectives effect - n. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon effective - j. works well as a means or remedy efficiency - n. skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort efficient - j. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively elaborate - v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing element - n. any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter eligible - j. qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen eliminate - v. terminate, end, or take out embargo - n. a government order imposing a trade barrier emblem - n. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea embrace - n. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) emerge - v. come out into view, as from concealment emergence - n. the gradual beginning or coming forth eminent - j. of imposing height; especially standing out above others emphasis - n. intensity or forcefulness of expression emphasize - v. to stress, single out as important employee - n. a worker who is hired to perform a job employer - n. a person or firm that employs workers emulate - v. imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software enact - v. order by virtue of superior authority; decree encourage - v. inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to encyclopedia - n. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics endorse - v. be behind; approve of enduring - j. patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble energetic - j. possessing or exerting or displaying energy enhance - v. make better or more attractive enormous - j. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree enthusiastic - j. having or showing great excitement and interest entity - n. that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) epic - j. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) epidemic - n. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time episode - n. a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series equilibrium - n. a stable situation in which forces cancel one another equity - n. the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it equivalent - j. being essentially equal to something error - n. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention esquire - n. a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name essence - n. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work evangelical - j. relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels evoke - v. call to mind evolution - n. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) exceed - v. be greater in scope or size than some standard excellent - j. very good; of the highest quality excerpt - n. a passage selected from a larger work excess - j. more than is needed, desired, or required exclude - v. prevent from being included or considered or accepted excursion - n. a journey taken for pleasure exempt - v. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to existence - n. everything that exists anywhere exit - v. move out of or depart from exotic - j. strikingly strange or unusual expand - v. become larger in size or volume or quantity expansion - n. the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope expect - v. regard something as probable or likely expectancy - n. something expected (as on the basis of a norm) expense - n. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer expertise - n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge explicit - j. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication explode - v. drive from the stage by noisy disapproval exploit - v. use or manipulate to one's advantage explosion - n. the act of exploding or bursting explosive - n. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck exposure - n. vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain expressive - j. characterized by expression extension - n. an addition to the length of something extensive - j. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity exterior - n. the outer side or surface of something external - j. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface extradition - n. the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) extraordinary - j. beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable extravagant - j. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings exuberant - j. joyously unrestrained fabulous - j. extremely pleasing facial - j. of or concerning the face facility - n. something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service faction - n. a dissenting clique faulty - j. characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules feasible - j. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are felony - n. a serious crime (such as murder or arson) feminine - j. associated with women and not with men fervor - n. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up fetus - n. an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal feud - n. a bitter quarrel between two parties feudal - j. of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism fidelity - n. the quality of being faithful finale - n. the concluding part of any performance finite - j. bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent fiscal - j. involving financial matters flag - n. emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design flamboyant - j. marked by ostentation but often tasteless fleet - n. a group of warships organized as a tactical unit flexible - j. able to flex; able to bend easily flop - n. a complete failure flourish - n. a showy gesture foil - n. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities ford - v. cross a river where it's shallow forecast - n. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop foreign - j. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world foresee - v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time formation - n. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit formidable - j. extremely impressive in strength or excellence formula - n. directions for making something forte - n. an asset of special worth or utility forth - a. forward in time or order or degree foster - v. promote the growth of fragile - j. easily broken or damaged or destroyed frantic - j. excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion fray - v. wear away by rubbing frequency - n. the number of occurrences within a given time period fringe - n. a social group holding marginal or extreme views frivolous - j. not serious in content or attitude or behavior frontier - n. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country fundamental - j. being or involving basic facts or principles further - v. promote the growth of futile - j. producing no result or effect galaxy - n. (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust gamble - v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome gauge - n. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. generate - v. bring into existence generic - j. applicable to an entire class or group generosity - n. the trait of being willing to give your money or time genesis - n. the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel gesture - n. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling gigantic - j. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth gist - n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience glimpse - n. a brief or incomplete view glorious - j. having great beauty and splendor grandeur - n. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand grandiose - j. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval grave - j. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought gravity - n. a manner that is serious and solemn grief - n. something that causes great unhappiness grotesque - j. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous grove - n. a small growth of trees without underbrush guise - n. an artful or simulated semblance hack - n. a mediocre and disdained writer hale - j. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health handwriting - n. something written by hand harbor - v. hold back a thought or feeling about hazard - n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune heir - n. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another heritage - n. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition hilarious - j. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter hollow - j. not solid; having a space or gap or cavity homage - n. respectful deference hostility - n. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked humane - j. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering humanitarian - n. someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms hush - v. become quiet or still; fall silent hybrid - n. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species hypocrisy - n. insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have hypothesis - n. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena hysteria - n. excessive or uncontrollable fear icon - n. a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church ideology - n. an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation illusion - n. an erroneous mental representation imaginary - j. not based on fact; unreal imitation - n. something copied or derived from an original immense - j. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope immigrant - n. a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there imminent - j. close in time; about to occur immoral - j. not adhering to ethical or moral principles immune - j. (usually followed by 'to') not affected by a given influence impending - j. close in time; about to occur implausible - j. having a quality that provokes disbelief implicit - j. implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something imply - v. express or state indirectly impose - v. compel to behave in a certain way improper - j. not suitable or right or appropriate impulse - n. a sudden desire inadequate - j. not sufficient to meet a need incentive - n. a positive motivational influence incidence - n. the relative frequency of occurrence of something incident - n. a public disturbance incidentally - a. of a minor or subordinate nature inclined - j. at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position incompetence - n. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications inconsistent - j. displaying a lack of consistency inconvenient - j. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs indefinitely - a. to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time indicator - n. a device for showing the operating condition of some system indifferent - j. showing no care or concern in attitude or action indigenous - j. originating where it is found indulge - v. enjoy to excess inefficient - j. not producing desired results; wasteful inept - j. generally incompetent and ineffectual inevitable - j. incapable of being avoided or prevented inexpensive - j. relatively low in price or charging low prices infamous - j. known widely and usually unfavorably infinite - j. having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude influence - n. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc influential - j. having or exercising influence or power influx - n. the process of flowing in ingenious - j. showing inventiveness and skill inherent - j. in the nature of something though not readily apparent injunction - n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity inland - a. towards or into the interior of a region insight - n. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation insistence - n. the state of demanding notice or attention inspector - n. a high ranking police officer instance - n. an occurrence of something instant - n. a very short time insufficient - j. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement integral - j. essential to completeness; lacking nothing integrity - n. moral soundness intellectual - j. appealing to or using the intellect intelligence - n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience intensive - j. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form intention - n. an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out interact - v. act together or towards others or with others interim - n. the time between one event, process, or period and another intermediate - j. lying between two extremes in time or space or state intervene - v. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force intervention - n. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) intimacy - n. close or warm friendship intricate - j. having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate invasion - n. any entry into an area not previously occupied inventive - j. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action investigator - n. a police officer who investigates crimes investor - n. someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns invincible - j. incapable of being overcome or subdued invoke - v. cite as an authority; resort to involuntary - j. not subject to the control of the will involve - v. engage as a participant irony - n. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs irrational - j. not consistent with or using reason irrelevant - j. having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue irresistible - j. impossible to resist; overpowering irresponsible - j. showing lack of care for consequences judgment - n. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions judicial - j. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge juicy - j. lucrative junction - n. something that joins or connects jurisdiction - n. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law juror - n. someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury justification - n. something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary juvenile - j. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people ken - n. range of what one can know or understand knight - n. originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit knit - n. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine lament - v. regret strongly landmark - n. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape landscape - n. an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view lapse - n. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something laureate - n. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath lavish - j. very generous lax - j. lacking in rigor or strictness legacy - n. (law) a gift of personal property by will legislative - j. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature legitimacy - n. lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law legitimate - j. in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles leisure - n. time available for ease and relaxation lenient - j. not strict levy - v. impose and collect liable - j. held legally responsible liberalism - n. a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution lifelong - j. continuing through life lifetime - n. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) likelihood - n. the probability of a specified outcome liking - n. a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment liquor - n. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented literacy - n. the ability to read and write literal - j. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis) literature - n. creative writing of recognized artistic value logic - n. the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation logical - j. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner lovable - j. having characteristics that attract love or affection lucrative - j. producing a sizeable profit ludicrous - j. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce lying - n. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth machinery - n. machines or machine systems collectively magnet - n. (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field magnificent - j. characterized by grandeur magnitude - n. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) maintain - v. state or assert maintenance - n. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order makeup - n. the way in which someone or something is composed mandate - n. an authorization to act given to a representative mandatory - j. required by rule maneuver - v. act in order to achieve a certain goal manifesto - n. a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) marine - j. native to or inhabiting the sea maritime - j. relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen martial - j. suggesting war or military life marvel - v. be amazed at massacre - n. the savage and excessive killing of many people massive - j. imposing in size or bulk or solidity masterpiece - n. the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman material - j. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests maternal - j. relating to or derived from one's mother maze - n. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost mechanics - n. the technical aspects of doing something medicine - n. something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease medieval - j. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened mediocre - j. moderate to inferior in quality meditation - n. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature melodrama - n. an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization memorable - j. worth remembering menace - v. act in a threatening manner mentality - n. a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations mentor - v. serve as a teacher or trusted counselor metal - n. any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids metaphor - n. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity metric - j. based on the meter as a standard of measurement metropolis - n. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts metropolitan - j. relating to or characteristic of a densely populated urban area mileage - n. the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned; miles per gallon militant - j. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies militia - n. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army miniature - j. being on a very small scale minimize - v. make small or insignificant ministry - n. a government department under the direction of a minister minority - n. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts minute - j. infinitely or immeasurably small misdemeanor - n. a crime less serious than a felony missile - n. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives momentum - n. an impelling force or strength monarchy - n. an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority monastery - n. the residence of a religious community monetary - j. relating to or involving money monopoly - n. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller morale - n. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed morality - n. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct motto - n. a favorite saying of a sect or political group mundane - j. concerned with the world or worldly matters; ordinary municipal - j. relating to city government muster - v. gather or bring together myriad - n. a large indefinite number myth - n. a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people mythology - n. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person narrative - n. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program narrator - n. someone who tells a story naturally - a. according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help naval - j. connected with or belonging to or used in a navy necessary - j. absolutely essential necessity - n. anything indispensable network - n. an interconnected system of things or people neutral - j. having no personal preference nevertheless - a. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession) noisy - j. full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds nomination - n. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election nominee - n. a politician who is running for public office norm - n. a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical notorious - j. known widely and usually unfavorably nude - n. without clothing (especially in the phrase 'in the nude') obesity - n. more than average fatness objective - j. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena observatory - n. a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena obsolete - j. no longer in use obstruction - n. something that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted obtain - v. come into possession of occasion - n. a vaguely specified social event odor - n. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form ominous - j. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments operate - v. handle and cause to function operator - n. an agent that operates some apparatus or machine opinion - n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty opponent - n. a contestant that you are matched against opportunity - n. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances optimism - n. a general disposition to expect the best in all things option - n. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen oral - j. of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth ordeal - n. a severe or trying experience ornate - j. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details orthodox - j. adhering to what is commonly accepted outbreak - n. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) outcry - n. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition outrage - n. a feeling of righteous anger outrageous - j. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror outright - a. without reservation or concealment overhaul - v. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to oversee - v. watch and direct overthrow - n. the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) overweight - n. the property of excessive fatness pact - n. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns pageant - n. a rich and spectacular ceremony panic - n. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety pantheon - n. all the gods of a religion paradox - n. (logic) a statement that contradicts itself parallel - j. being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting parish - n. a local church community parliament - n. a legislative assembly in certain countries parody - v. make a spoof of or make fun of participant - n. someone who takes part in an activity participate - v. become a participant; be involved in partisan - n. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity partition - v. divide into parts, pieces, or sections passive - j. lacking in energy or will patriotism - n. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it patron - n. someone who supports or champions something pavilion - n. large and often sumptuous tent peaceful - j. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war pedestrian - j. lacking wit or imagination penalty - n. a punishment for a crime or offense penchant - n. a strong liking pennant - n. a long flag; often tapering pension - n. a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working pentagon - n. a five-sided polygon perceive - v. to become aware of or conscious of perception - n. becoming aware of something via the senses perennial - j. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal perform - v. carry out or perform an action perjury - n. criminal offense of making false statements under oath permanent - j. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place perpetual - j. continuing forever or indefinitely persist - v. be persistent, refuse to stop personal - j. concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality personality - n. the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual personnel - n. persons collectively in the employ of a business perspective - n. the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer persuade - v. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm pervasive - j. spreading or spread throughout petty - j. contemptibly narrow in outlook phenomenal - j. exceedingly or unbelievably great phenomenon - n. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning philharmonic - j. composing or characteristic of an orchestral group philosophy - n. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation physicist - n. a scientist trained in physics physics - n. the science of matter and energy and their interactions pinch - n. a squeeze with the fingers pine - n. straight-grained white to yellowish tree pioneer - v. open up and explore a new area pivotal - j. being of crucial importance plausible - j. apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful playful - j. full of fun and high spirits playwright - n. someone who writes plays plea - n. a humble request for help from someone in authority plead - v. appeal or request earnestly pleasant - j. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings plunge - v. fall abruptly poetic - j. of or relating to poetry poignant - j. arousing emotions; touching poised - j. in full control of your faculties portfolio - n. a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers positive - j. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. possess - v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill possession - n. the act of having and controlling property potent - j. having a strong physiological or chemical effect potential - j. existing in possibility precedent - n. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time precise - j. sharply exact or accurate or delimited precision - n. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance predecessor - n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) predict - v. make a prediction about; tell in advance prediction - n. a statement made about the future prefer - v. like better; value more highly preference - n. a strong liking prejudice - n. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation premature - j. too soon or too hasty premier - v. be performed for the first time premise - v. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation preparation - n. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose preposterous - j. incongruous; inviting ridicule prescription - n. written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient preservation - n. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger pretentious - j. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction prevalent - j. most frequent or common prevention - n. the act of preventing primer - n. an introductory textbook primitive - j. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness principal - n. the educator who has executive authority for a school principle - n. a basic truth or law or assumption principled - j. based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality pristine - j. completely free from dirt or contamination privilege - n. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all probation - n. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court probe - v. question or examine thoroughly and closely procedure - n. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work proceed - v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space productive - j. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) profession - n. an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences) professor - n. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university profile - n. an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side) progressive - j. favoring or promoting progress prohibition - n. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) prolific - j. bearing in abundance especially offspring promenade - n. a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk prominence - n. relative importance prominent - j. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention promoter - n. someone who is an active supporter and advocate prone - j. having a tendency (to); often used in combination propaganda - n. information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause prophet - n. someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God protagonist - n. the principal character in a work of fiction protection - n. the activity of protecting someone or something protective - j. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind protestant - j. of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism provincial - j. characteristic of the provinces or their people provoke - v. evoke or provoke to appear or occur proxy - n. a person authorized to act for another prudence - n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress psychic - j. outside the sphere of physical science pundit - n. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field quake - v. shake with fast, tremulous movements qualify - v. make fit or prepared quarterly - a. in three month intervals radical - j. markedly new or introducing extreme change rampant - j. unrestrained and violent rapid - j. characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed rave - v. praise enthusiastically reaction - n. a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude readily - a. without much difficulty realism - n. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth recipient - n. a person who receives something reckless - j. characterized by careless unconcern recognize - v. detect with the senses reconcile - v. come to terms reconsider - v. consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing recover - v. get or find back; recover the use of recruit - v. cause to assemble or enlist in the military redemption - n. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil refer - v. send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision reflection - n. the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) reform - v. make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices refuge - n. a shelter from danger or hardship refusal - n. the act of not accepting something that is offered regime - n. the government or governing authority of a political unit regional - j. related or limited to a particular region reign - v. have sovereign power relevant - j. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue reliant - j. depending on another for support reluctance - n. a certain degree of unwillingness reluctant - j. not eager reminiscent - j. serving to bring to mind renaissance - n. the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries render - v. give or supply renowned - j. widely known and esteemed repeal - n. cancel officially reproduction - n. the act of making copies requisite - n. anything indispensable resemblance - n. similarity in appearance or external or superficial details resent - v. feel bitter or indignant about resist - v. withstand the force of something resistance - n. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with resistant - j. impervious to being affected resort - v. have recourse to resource - n. a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed restore - v. bring back into original existence, use, function, or position resurrection - n. (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion retrospect - n. contemplation of things past retrospective - j. concerned with or related to the past revelation - n. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency revive - v. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength rhetoric - n. using language effectively to please or persuade ridiculous - j. incongruous; absurd; nonsensical rigorous - j. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures robust - j. sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction rue - n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment rural - j. living in or characteristic of farming or country life rustic - j. characteristic of the fields or country sacrifice - v. kill or destroy savage - v. criticize harshly or violently scholarly - j. characteristic of learning or studying scope - n. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control script - n. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance secession - n. formal separation from an alliance or federation secondary - j. not of major importance secrecy - n. the trait of keeping things secret secular - j. not concerned with or devoted to religion seize - v. take hold of; grab selective - j. characterized by very careful or fastidious choices seminar - n. any meeting for an exchange of ideas sensation - n. a perception associated with stimulation of a sensory organ sensibility - n. refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions sensitive - j. responsive to physical stimuli sentence - n. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned sentinel - n. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event sequel - n. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it sequence - n. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern sergeant - n. any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal servitude - n. state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment severely - a. with sternness; in a severe manner shallow - j. lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious sheer - j. complete and without restriction or qualification shrewd - j. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence siege - n. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack significance - n. the quality of being important in effect or meaning significant - j. important in effect or meaning similar - j. having close to the same characteristics sinister - j. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable skepticism - n. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge slack - j. not tense or taut slight - n. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) sober - v. become more realistic socialism - n. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry socialist - j. advocating or following the socialist principles of state ownership sociology - n. the study and classification of human societies solar - j. relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun soldier - n. an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army somber - j. grave or even gloomy in character sophisticated - j. having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement souvenir - n. a reminder of past events specialty - n. an asset of special worth or utility species - n. (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed spectator - n. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) specter - n. a ghostly appearing figure spectrum - n. a broad range of related objects or ideas or activities speculate - v. consider in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion spontaneous - j. said or done without having been planned or written in advance static - j. showing little if any change stature - n. high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement statute - n. an act passed by a legislative body stealth - n. avoiding detection by moving carefully stimulate - v. cause to be alert and energetic stringent - j. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures submission - n. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) subsequent - j. following in time or order subsidiary - j. functioning in a supporting capacity substantive - j. having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable subtle - j. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze successor - n. a person who follows next in order summary - n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form superb - j. of surpassing excellence superficial - j. concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; 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